Mini Power – biodegrad­able top-up charge pills

What is it? There are plenty of mo­bilecharg­ing so­lu­tions out there but de­signer Tsung Chih-Hsien has cre­ated a Red Dot De­sign Award-win­ning con­cept for a tiny card­board cap­sule that pow­ers up your iPhone. It’s called the Mini Power. You just choose how much bat­tery time you need – two, four, or six hours – plug it in, then re­cy­cle it later. When’s it due? We don’t know yet, but watch this space Why are we ex­cited? It’s a biodegrad­able de­sign, which not only makes the bat­tery more en­vi­ron­men­tally friendly, but also saves on pack­ag­ing. Since each Mini Power bat­tery can just be bro­ken off a per­fo­rated card­board sheet, you could po­ten­tially buy them in bulk that way.